Republicans block Capitol riots probe
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May 29, 2021 21:37 IST
Displaying loyalty to Trump, GOP foils bid to create 9/11-style panel to investigate Capitol Hill violence
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Supporters of Donald Trump scaling the west wall of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on January 6.
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Displaying loyalty to Trump, GOP foils bid to create 9/11-style panel to investigate Capitol Hill violence
Senate Republicans blocked creation of a bipartisan panel to investigate the deadly January 6 attack on the Capitol, displaying continuing party loyalty to former President Donald Trump and firm determination to shift the political focus away from the violent insurrection by his GOP supporters.
The Democratic leader said he was proud to work with Senator
Mazie Hirono and congresswoman
Grace Meng on the bill, which passed the House on Tuesday.
Schumer said the law will send the message that âracism and violence against Asian Americans has no place in our societyâ, echoing Bidenâs comments at the bill-signing ceremony. Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer)
President Biden just signed into law the COVID Hate Crimes Act to #StopAsianHate!
I was so proud to work with Sen. @MazieHirono & @RepGraceMeng to pass it in the Senate and House and send the message that
Racism and violence against Asian Americans has no place in our society.May 20, 2021
The incoming administration has already signaled its sensitivity to the urgency of the moment: within hours of taking office, Biden signed a slew of executive orders on the pandemic, immigration, and the climate that began the work of undoing some of what the Trump administration was able to accomplish without congressional involvement. But many of these orders only return federal policy to the pre-Trump status quo, which was already insufficient; those that go beyond that previous status quo do so in the most minimal or superficial of ways. If the Biden administration is serious about legislating towards a more just and equitable society, it must not only pursue reforms to the way that Congress itself works – abolishing the filibuster, for example – but it must prioritize structural reforms like the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, which would open the door to a transformation of the US labor movement.